[2] The new building was designed by local architect, George Draper,[2] and built on the corner of East Street and Baffin's Lane in Chichester between 1832 and 1833.

[3] In 1835 the roof was found to be unsafe and the building was stated to be in danger of collapse; it was rebuilt and remodelled to a design by architect John Elliott the following year.

[5] The use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the Great Depression of British Agriculture in the late 19th century.

[13] Other companies that have been based in the Corn Exchange include the Boston Tea Party café chain,[14] a Grape Tree health food store, and two Indian restaurants.

Another corn store designed in 1871 by architect John Elkington, this time of stone with brick dressings, was similarly converted in the early 1980s.

[4] They form a "noble hexastyle portico" which projects on to the pavement and rests on six substantial stone bases.